In
response to questions from members, the Building and Quality Assurance
Manager said that officers had assessed routes with regard to whether there
were unreinforced masonary buildings on those streets or not. He further said
that the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 had reset
the timeframe for identifying and remediating affected buildings. Building
owners would be able to apply for an extension of time. However, in order to
be successful, they would need to provide evidence that they were making
progress toward complying with the existing timeframes.

(i)notes the system for identifying and managing earthquake-prone
buildings changed on 1 July 2017 when the Building (Earthquake-prone
Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 became effective;

(ii)approves the Proposed Priority Routes and Earthquake-Prone
Priority Buildings proposal, as attached as Appendices 1-4 to the report; and

(iii)asks officers to respond to the submitter using the Summary of
Submissions attached as Appendix 5 to the report, and offer to meet with the
submitter to discuss that Summary and associated matters should he wish it.”